A WINNING £1.48 million Lottery ticket was sold at Morrisons store in Stratford-upon-Avon for last Saturday’s draw.The lucky winner was one of three people to win a share of the £4,447,545 prize fund on Saturday night’s draw.
A Warwickshire man charged with killing his wife with a single blow to the side of her head, after she threw plates at him following a dinner party on 3rd May last year. A jury at Warwick Crown Court decided the blow was retaliation and not self-defence. Jonathan Wicks was remanded in custody following his conviction for manslaughter on Friday.
Two men at a Stratford-upon-Avon shop took on a masked, knife waving robber and restrained him until the police arrived last Friday night.
25 year old friends Steven Bahia and Munish Sharma, were working at Hathaway Green Lane Stores in Stratford upon Avon, when confronted by the masked knife weilding robber demanding cash from the till.
We were informed today Stratford up[on Avon District Council are opening a temporary tourist information centre in Bards Walk next week, this follows the untimley closure of the Tourist Information Centre at Bridgefoot just before Easter.
Car parking revenue from season ticket sales by Stratford upon Avon District Council have fallen dramatically in the twelve month period since the council nearly doubled the price of season tickets. A local resident commented "this manner of naive and clumsy policy making is affecting the local economy".
Local business's were "astonished and dismayed" to learn on Wednesday the tourist information office had been closed, this closure taking place 1 day in advance of the Easter weekend, the first busy Holiday weekend of the year attracting thousands of tourist visiters to Stratford upon Avon.
A local taxi operater commented at the local councils utter disregard to local business in allowing this closure to take place.
The tourist information office averaged 600 visiters per day at peak periods and provided a focal point where Stratford upon Avon visiters could purchase tickets and learn about local attractions.
Scaffolding surrounds Stratfords American Fountain indicating maybe a much needed makeover is being undertaken, the American Fountain is of great interest to US visiters.
The body found at the skate park near Stratford upon Avon Leisure centre has been identified as missing 43 year old local man Raymond Jack. Mr Jack went missing recently following a visit to a pharmacist to collect a prescription.
Police were called out on Wednesday to the home of a severley ill Claverdon woman: who returning home from a shopping trip found her car had been removed from her own driveway by a neighbour, who then went on to block her driveway using a post set in concrete. Police and staff from Network rail , were called to the incident.
Bus congestion at school pick up times near to NatWest Bank on Wood Street Stratford upon Avon is an accident 'waiting to happen' to school children who crowd the vicinity at peak periods 3.30pm to 4.30pm weekday aftrenoons.
Stratford upon Avon main theatre is still undergoing massive refurbishment prior to next summers reopening, we have been advised by an insider that technical issues could delay the opening even further.Perhaps this is why the trustees have applied for an extension to the license to keep the temporary Courtyard theatre open for two more years.
Stratford upon Avons Courtyard Theatre productions of Shakespeares 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'King Lear'have been wowing audiences.
The transformation to Stratfords Bancroft Gardens is complete. offering Stratford visitors a riverside area of tree lined walkways, squares, canal basins and bridges.
US visitors to Stratford upon Avon also enjoy the legacy left by Kate Rogers, grandma to John Harvard, (founder of Harvard University).
Harvard house on Stratford upon Avon High Street, owned by Harvard University, is now home to the museum of British pewter.
Such was Shakespeares genius that even now three hundred years after his death, Shakespeare works are still the most performed and translated throughout the world.Shakespeare attracts visitors to Warwickshire with pilgrim-like devotion.
Situated in leafy Warwickshire, Stratford upon Avon is close to many historic stateley homes, Charlecote Park, 'Winston Churchills' Blenheim Palace and medieval Warwick Castle.A vacation in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England offers visitors of any age, a truly enriching cultural experience.
Stratford upon Avon in April 2010; 'The Stratford upon Avon Literary Festival', events will begin on Saturday April 24th at 10am with folk dancing by local children, Morris dancing by the Shakespeare Morris Men on Bancroft Gardens.
Street theatre;'Shakespeare Live' scenes from Shakespeare’s plays performed live on Bridge Street, in the background jesters, clowns , acrobats and costumed musicians will entertain the crowds.
A procession from Shakespeare’s Birthplace (Henley Street Stratford upon Avon) to his grave at Holy Trinity Church will be led by Visitors from all over the world ;the visitors’leaving Henley Street at 10.30am following the raising of the flags ceremony.
At 11.35am spectaters and members of the public will be invited to join the grand parade following the City of Coventry Corps of Drums from Bridge Street Stratford upon Avon to Holy Trinity church. A parade led by samba bands followed by Dancers will parade up and down Bridge Street, before heading down Sheep Street Stratford upon Avon onto the Bancroft Gardens where entertainment will continue all afternoon.